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Monthly Archives: February 2014

Stairs, Steps & Balconies at the Apartment Espoir This, I think, will be our last “post” about Saint Lucia. All of the dozen or so apartments (apart from the pool-side cottage) are housed in a single building located on a very steep hillside. Every apartment has its own entrance, which requires a bewildering variety of…

Between Castries City and Rodney Bay, Saint Lucia We spent our last four nights on Saint Lucia in a studio at Apartment Espoir. We liked it so much that we wrote a Tripadvisor review, which I will copy here below the photos. We really enjoyed our stay at Apartment Espoir. The studio was small but…

Castries City This was our first visit to Saint Lucia. We were on our way to … and coming back from … Martinique. So it made sense to look for a hotel that was close to Castries City and its local airport. The Auberge Seraphine fitted this bill admirably, being almost (but not quite) at…

On the Road from Hewanorra Airport to Castries City, Saint Lucia Our original goal for this vacation was to visit Martinique. But my research found no direct flights from New York City to Martinique. So we decided to fly to Saint Lucia and catch a puddle-jumper to Martinique. This turned out to be a good…

Martinique These twenty posts provide a good sampling of the photos that Jana and I took during our two weeks on Martinique. We had a great time and will be very happy if we get a chance to go back there. The island is small enough, and the roads good enough, that there is no…

A Few Miles North of Fort-de-France on Route N3 By now, we have visited a good selection of tropical and sub-tropical gardens throughout the Caribbean. The Jardin de Balata is one of the most spectacular … and also one of the biggest … we have visited. It is very popular but is so well laid…

Grande Anse des Salines The beach at Grand Anse des Salines, just a few kilometers South of Sainte Anne, is one of the most popular beaches on Martinique and is indeed quite spectacular. At one end of the beach, the Restaurant Délices de la Mer provides a view along the whole length of the beach.…